Antonyms for invertebrate


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : in-vur-tuh-brit, -breyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈvɜr tə brɪt, -ˌbreɪt


Definition of invertebrate

Origin :
  • 1826, from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + vertebra "joint" (see vertebra). Invertebrata as a biological classification was coined 1805 by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832). As an adjective by 1838.
  • As in ineffective/ineffectual : adj weak, useless
  • As in spineless : adj cowardly
  • As in inefficacious : adj ineffectual
  • As in weakling : noun person who has no strength
  • As in weak sister : noun weak member of group
  • As in coward : noun person who is scared, easily intimidated
  • As in animal : noun animate being; mammal
Example sentences :
  • I can see you are accustomed to invertebrate admirers who spoil you.
  • Extract from : « The Twelfth Hour » by Ada Leverson
  • We are invertebrate, and on the evil day we are not able to stand.
  • Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
  • After all, was the fellow quite so invertebrate as he had sometimes seemed?
  • Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • First invertebrate life, then the lowest forms of vertebrate life.
  • Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
  • It avoids the invertebrate flow of thought that is unaware of structure.
  • Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl
  • Bipin sank an invertebrate bundle of humanity to the ground.
  • Extract from : « Lachmi Bai Rani of Jhansi » by Michael White
  • They are gone, and we are left—an unprejudiced, but an invertebrate and a flaccid, generation.
  • Extract from : « Seeing and Hearing » by George W. E. Russell
  • Let us now inquire what the invertebrate fauna of the Alps teaches us.
  • Extract from : « The History of the European Fauna » by R. F. Scharff
  • The mouth in the vertebrates does not agree in character with the invertebrate mouth.
  • Extract from : « Degeneracy » by Eugene S. Talbot
  • Bebelle, round as a tortoise, belonged to the genus of invertebrate females.
  • Extract from : « Sons of the Soil » by Honore de Balzac

Synonyms for invertebrate

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